#49B3DD#49B3DD

#49B3DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.113 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B3DD
RGB	rgb(73, 179, 221)
HSL	hsl(197, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 19%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, -17.39, -30.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 34.72, 239.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% -0.0762 -0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.113 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.9137, 38.8736, 74.2140)
Luminance	0.3888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B3DD #DD7349

analogous

#49DDBD #49B3DD #4969DD

triadic

#49B3DD #DD49B3 #B3DD49

tetradic

#49B3DD #BD49DD #DD7349 #69DD49

square

#49B3DD #BD49DD #DD7349 #69DD49

split-complementary

#49B3DD #DD4969 #DDBD49

monochromatic

#1B6F91 #2597C4 #49B3DD #7DC9E7 #B0DEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#49B3DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#49B3DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B3DD

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B3DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B3DD	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB0DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A1DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b3dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 179, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.113 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc9e7',
    500: '#49b3dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b3dd;
$custom-light: #8cc9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b3dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.027,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72254,
    "c": 0.11349,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B3DD

secondary

#DFB4A3

accent

#6E3CEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B3DD

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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